Ordinance No. 237-AORDINANCE I-TO. V237 (a)
AN ORDINANCE CONTAINING ORDINANCE NO. 237 INTRODUCED ON THE
12th DAY OF AUGUST, 1954, AND BEING "AN ORDINANCE ENLARGING
AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF BAYTMIN, TIIfA5,
AND ATN`EKING ADDITIONAL ADJACENT TERRITORY TO SAID CITY, ALL OF
E WHICH IS DESCRIBED HEREIN; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING FOR TIM PUBLICATION AND PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE IN
THE MANNER PROVIDED IN ARTICLE I, SECTION 9, OF THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF BAYTC1,N", PROVIDING FOR THE AMENR -1ETT OF SAID
ORDII&OE 140. 237 WITH RESPECT TO THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED
AND FOR THE FINAL PASSAGE OF SAID ORDINANCE IN AMENDED FORM
PURSUANT TO =TION 91 ARTICLE I OF THE CHARTER. OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: That pursuant to Section 9, Article I of the City Charter, said
Ordinance No. 237 introduced in the City Council of the City of Baytoym on the 12th
day of August, A. D., 1954 shall be amended and as so amended shall read as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 237
• AN ORDINANCEIKTLARGING AND EXTENDING THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AND ANNEXING ADDITIONAL ADJACENT
T��' F ITORY TO SAID CITY, ALL OF WHICH IS DESCRIBED HEEMI ; CON-
TAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION
AND PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE IN THE MANNER, PROVIDED IN ARTI-
CLE I, SBOTION 9, OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Intent and A3rpose of the Ordinance The City Council of the City
of Baytown, acting pursuant to Section 9, of Article I of the Charter of said City,
hereby declares that it is necessary that the hereinafter described territory lying
adjacent to the city be annexed and the existing boundary limits of the city be
extended to include such territory. The purpose and intent of this extension of the
boundary limits of the City of Baytown is to take care of said city is present needs for
and extended as hereinafter set out so as to include within the boundary limits of
said city all that territory lying adjacent to said city within the following described
lines, to -wit:
BEGINNING at the point of confluence of Ponds Gully and the high tide
water line of the west bank of Cedar Bayou;
THENCE, northerly and upstream with the centerline of Ponds Gully to
the intersection of said gully and the east right- of-way line of the
Cedar Bayou - Barbers Hill Road;
TMICE, in a northerly direction along the east right -of -way line of
said County Road to th'e northwest corner of the Cedar Bayou Methodist
Church Tract, being also the southwest corner of a 4.52 acre tract
• belonging to the Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge;
THENCE, with the meanderings of the common boundary line of the Cedar
Bayou Methodist Church Tract and the Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge Tract
to a northeast corner of said Lodge Tract;
additional territory
and
reasonably anticipated
future growth and expansion of the city.
SECTION 2: That
the
boundary limits of the
City of Baytown, Texas, be enlarged
and extended as hereinafter set out so as to include within the boundary limits of
said city all that territory lying adjacent to said city within the following described
lines, to -wit:
BEGINNING at the point of confluence of Ponds Gully and the high tide
water line of the west bank of Cedar Bayou;
THENCE, northerly and upstream with the centerline of Ponds Gully to
the intersection of said gully and the east right- of-way line of the
Cedar Bayou - Barbers Hill Road;
TMICE, in a northerly direction along the east right -of -way line of
said County Road to th'e northwest corner of the Cedar Bayou Methodist
Church Tract, being also the southwest corner of a 4.52 acre tract
• belonging to the Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge;
THENCE, with the meanderings of the common boundary line of the Cedar
Bayou Methodist Church Tract and the Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge Tract
to a northeast corner of said Lodge Tract;
THENCE, North 87 degrees 37 minutes East 285.56 feet along the northern-
most line of the Cedar Bayou methodist Church Tract to the northeast
corner of said 'Tract;
THENCE, in a southeasterly direction with the northeast line of afore-
mentioned Church Tract approximately 292 feet to the high tide water
line of the west bank of Cedar Bayou;
THENCE in a southwesterly direction with the high tide water line of
the west bank of Cedar Bayou to the point of BEGINNING.
SECTION 3: That the above described additional territory and area so annexed shall
be a part of the 6ity of Baytown, and the property so added to said City shall bear its
pro rata part of the taxes levied by the City of Baytown and the inhabitants thereof
shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of all the citizens and shall be
bound by the acts, ordinances, resolutions, regulations and provisions of the Charter
of the City of Baytown.
SECTION 4: That if any portion or portions of the above described territory is
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validly included within the territory limits of another city or town then such portion or
portions of the above described territory is hereby excluded and the remaining territory
is hereby annexed to the City of Baytown, and the boundary limits of said city are here-
by amended to conform to the boundary limits of such other city or town or such other
cities or towns along the area of the conflict.
SECTION 5: That if any portion or portions of the above described territory legally
may become included within the limits of another city or town, by reason of a valid
annexation ordinance ,heretofore introduced before the council, commission or other
governing body of such city or town, then such portion or portions of the above des-
cribed territory is hereby excluded from the limits of the City of Baytown and the
city or town or such other cities or towns along the area of the conflict.
SECTION 6: That if any legal impediment exists preventing the valid annexation
of any portion of the above described territory to the City of Baytown, then such por-
tion of the above described territory is hereby excluded and the remaining territory
is hereby annexed to the City of Baytown and the boundary limits of said city of
Baytown are hereby amended to conform to the territory so annexed.
SECTION 7: If any provision, exception, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circum-
stances or toc.any particular tract or parcel of land, shall for any reason be held
unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets
of circumstances or to other tracts of land included in the territory hereinabove
described in Section 2 of this ordinance.
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remaining
territory
is hereby annexed to
the City of Baytown and the boundary limits of
said City
of Baytown
axe hereby amended
to conform to the boundary limits of such other
city or town or such other cities or towns along the area of the conflict.
SECTION 6: That if any legal impediment exists preventing the valid annexation
of any portion of the above described territory to the City of Baytown, then such por-
tion of the above described territory is hereby excluded and the remaining territory
is hereby annexed to the City of Baytown and the boundary limits of said city of
Baytown are hereby amended to conform to the territory so annexed.
SECTION 7: If any provision, exception, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circum-
stances or toc.any particular tract or parcel of land, shall for any reason be held
unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets
of circumstances or to other tracts of land included in the territory hereinabove
described in Section 2 of this ordinance.
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SECTION 8: That this ordinance upon and after its introduction shall be published
and finally acted upon in the manner provided in Article I, Section 9 of the Charter
of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
Council of the City of Baytown on this 22nd day of September, A. D., 1955.
ATTEST: Mayor, City of ]Vayt own
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
SECTION 2: That this ordinance, being Ordinance No. 237 in amended form, shall
take effect from and after the date of its passage.
® IN'T'RODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of a majority of the City
Council of the City of Baytown on this the 22nd day of September, A. D., 1955.
R. H. Pruett, Mayor /
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
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